Waste not, want not! It’s a maxim that many manufacturers have been taking to heart in increasingly innovative ways these days. Take the Varo pulp mill operated by Sodra Cell near Varberg, Sweden. Rather than throwing unusable branches, bark and other remnants onto a trash heap, the paper manufacturer has invested in...
Apriso (www.apriso.com), a provider of manufacturing software solutions, announced February 23 that Tesla Motors is implementing the company’s FlexNet Manufacturing Process Intelligence (MPI) as an...
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Field Calibrator and Communicator
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Combined Calibrator and Fieldbus Communicator

Beamex releases its MC6 advanced field calibrator and communicator to address the increasing demands placed on maintenance and operations engineers in the process industries.
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Manufacturing in 2012
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Jobs in Manufacturing

Last week I went to Greenwood, IN, just outside of Indianapolis, to visit the campus of Endress + Hauser. E+H has substantial manufacturing capability there—and is adding two more buildings to give them more room to expand production and hire more people.
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Belden Lumberg I/O Module
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EtherNet/IP I/O Modules

These EtherNet/IP I/O modules are intended for the connection of discrete wiring devices (sensor/actuators) via 16 digital I/O channels with universal input/output or input functionality directly to i
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Beckhoff servo motor
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Servo Motor with Single Cable Technology

The motors are available in six different motor sizes, each with two or three optional overall lengths, to cover a wide torque range.
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Baumer Dual GigE Camera
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Machine Vision Cameras with CMOS Sensors, Dual GigE

The HXG cameras combine the latest CMOS sensor technology with a dual GigE interface and PoE (Power over Ethernet).
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Balluff Proximity Sensors
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Weld-field immune proximity sensors

The Factor 1 series of inductive proximity sensors has been expanded to include a weld field immune Factor 1+ version with extended sensing distances.
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Aaxeon Ethernet Switch
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Twelve-port Industrial Managed Gigabit PoE Switch

The LNP-1204GN 12-port Industrial Managed Gigabit PoE (Power over Ethernet) Switch provides eight 10/100/1000Base-T(X) PoE ports and four 1000Base-X SFP ports and can transmit power up to 30 watts to
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CIP Motion Capability Added to Servo Drive

Rockwell Automation makes a splash by introducing EtherNet/IP to its Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 single-axis, servo drive; adding CIP motion to the mix.
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Connect Fieldbus to Ethernet

netBrick, a gateway solution for harsh industrial environments, converts real-time Ethernet protocols (including ProfiNet and EtherNet/IP) into other fieldbus and serial protocols using loadable firmw
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New Qualification for Controller
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Single-Loop Controller Qualifies for "Seismic" Applications

The company announces the YS1700 single-loop controller, which currently provides control for the petrochemical, water and pulp/paper industries, is now qualified for nuclear safety and seismic applications.
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Safety System Uses Light to Prevent Arc Flash

Some of the industry segments and applications that can benefit from Arc Guard include substations; critical power facilities such as hospitals and data centers; yachts; cruise and refrigerated contai
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Automation Applied: Drives, Regeneration & Wireless Remotes

Dave Kirkland of Siemens Industry Inc. explains the company's Sinamics drive line and its accompanying software package for modular machine architecture applications as well as Siemens wireless mobile panel for controlling remote automation applications.
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Automation Applied: Tracking & Visualization

John Ashodian with Sick Inc. explains the company's Sick Visualization Platform for aggregating automated data collection device information to analyze how your systems are performing.
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April 2012 Issue Preview

Gary Mintchell, Co-founder and Editor in Chief, previews feature articles for the upcoming April issue. The first feature provides an update on security and, specifically, Stuxnet. How have things changes on the plant floor since Stuxnet?
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Simulation Saves Time for Medical Packaging Manufacturer

MTS Medical Technologies in St. Petersburg, Fla., makes medication packaging systems, related consumables, software and pharmacy information system interfaces.
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